NREL’s Computing Capabilities Could Help Prevent Wildfires Caused by Fallen Power Lines Annually, tens of thousands of wildfires ravage the United States, posing significant threats to people, wildlife, and infrastructure. A percentage of those wildfires are caused by degraded or downed electrical equipment. But what if artificial intelligence (AI) could … [continued]
NREL Brings Together Specialists From Across the Country To Discuss Cement and Concrete for Its Third Annual Critical Technologies Meeting Cement and concrete are essential to United States infrastructure, from our roadways to the buildings we occupy. Accounting for 50% of all materials produced globally, domestic production of this critical material is … [continued]
Application Period Opens for Annual Marine Energy and Hydropower Competitions, Which Challenge College Students To Find Real-World Solutions and Explore Career Pathways Calling all student innovators looking to make waves in the water power sector! The application windows for the Hydropower Collegiate Competition (HCC) and Marine Energy Collegiate Competition are now open. Submissions will … [continued]
Study Reveals Hybrid Plasmon-Polariton Resilience in Strongly Correlated Systems Electronics often use a subclass of materials called correlated materials because they exhibit unique electronic and magnetic properties. In these types of materials, the electrons interact with each other so intensely that their behavior is not describable by simple models, because … [continued]
More Than 50 Experts Gathered at NREL To Consider How Incorporating Artificial Intelligence Into Materials Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling Could Unlock New Insights and Speed New Technologies to Market Artificial intelligence (AI) could accelerate scientific discovery by helping researchers to more quickly gather data, search that data for patterns, and—eventually—generate … [continued]
New Tool Lets Researchers and Partners Cut Prototyping Costs, Wait Times, and Design Barriers for Ocean Energy Technologies and More By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy When it comes to marine energy, metal is metal. “Compared to plastic, metal components can withstand five to 10 times as much force,” said Paul Murdy, a mechanical … [continued]
Study Reveals the Potential of Magnon ‘Currents’ for Cutting-Edge Technologies A new study demonstrates how magnons, a type of wave found in magnetic systems, can manipulate interactions between excitons—uncharged “quasiparticles” that carry energy. This discovery provides insights for tuning exciton behavior in quantum technologies, opening the door to cutting-edge applications. … [continued]
Argonne science supports resilient supply chains, American manufacturing. Argonne advances battery breakthroughs at every stage in the energy storage lifecycle, from discovering substitutes for critical materials to pioneering new real-world applications to making end-of-life recycling more cost effective. Best known for their applications in consumer electronics and electric vehicles, batteries … [continued]
A University of Michigan-led team is using Argonne supercomputers to build massive foundation models that aim to revolutionize battery materials research.
Welcome to the Materials, Chemical, and Computational Science (MCCS) Early-Career Spotlight, a monthly feature showcasing NREL’s early-career researchers’ interests, motivations, and achievements. This month features Hilary Egan, who has been a data scientist at NREL since 2020. For Hilary Egan, a data scientist at NREL, a career in science was … [continued]
